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The VCCC annual convention will be held June 27-30, 2019 in Kansas City, MO. The convention will take place at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel near the Kansas City airport(11832 NW Plaza Circle, KCMO). There is a free shuttle to and from the airport for those that fly to the event. The price...

I received sad news today that Glenn Dienst passed away this morning from Cancer. Glenn was a great asset to the vacuum collecting community and will be greatly missed. Chad Cunningham VCCC President

Attention VCCC members, check your mail box, the VCCC newsletter will be in your mailbox soon. We are sending it out by USPS mail this time. In it you will find all the details about the annual convention being held in Chicago. Please take the time to read it through and send in your convention...

I found a Lewyt Electronic at an estate sale yesterday. I hear these are pretty rare, dare I even say that? Sorry, some people get upset when you dare call something rare. I've never found one in my travels all these years so to me it is rare. Anyways, the estate sale people told me the vacuum...

I just found out that there was an article about CWP in the VDTA magazine about the VCCC's visit to their factory last summer. I don't have a copy of the magazine but I found a link from CWP's website. I am so glad we had the opportunity to tour the factory and see how brushrolls are made. Check...

I finally found a Hoover Grease gun! I got it from a vac shop that closed down recently in Wicsonsin. Bill Edstrom and I visited the shop just prior to closing to go through the inventory to see if he had anything we might want. Bill cleaned him out of Kirby stuff, of course. I happened to...

I had an amazingly good weekend at the estate sales here in KC. Kenny Loveland just loves to come to KC to go to estate sales, he always finds cool things. I found a Singer Golden Power Master and a Singer canister to match, a Hoover Deluxe Handivac with a kickstand, a GE Floor Washer/Dryer and...

Last weekend I found a rather unusual vacuum. It's an Air-Way hand vacuum. It looks like it is a royal 501 hand vacuum branded as an Air-Way. Does anyone know anything about this vacuum? I have never seen one before. I have seen some Montgomery Ward's and a few other different brands using the...

A month ago my father sent me a link to an estate auction in my area that had a bunch of vacuums. From the listing it appeared the person that lived there ran a vacuum repair business. The listing mentioned there were about 25 vacuums plus parts used to repair vacuums. It had one picture with a...

I just found a Don Clark Powerhead today at an estate sale for one dollar. I was hoping for a yellow one, but I guess you can't be choosy with something so rare. This was seems a bit different though in that it has a three prong plug on the end. I would have expected a normal two prong power...

I bought an NOS Hoover Brush Roll off of Ebay a while back thinking it would fit my Hoover 63 or 64. However, it does not. The endcaps seem to be correct but the brush roll seems bigger around than what should go into a 63 or 64. The little bar in the middle that protects the belt hits the...

About 4 years ago, I met up with a guy near me that had a huge collection of Kirby's. He was trying to liquidate them then as he didn't really have the space to keep them. So he enlisted me to help place some of his Kirby's with collectors which I did. I only really got rid of about 5 Kirby's...

Hi, I am in the process of trying to salvage some parts off a Model 63 Hoover to make my 64 Citation more complete. One thing I'm working on now is the handle release lever. They looked the same on the machines but when I took them off, I noticed they are definitely different. My question is...

Well, the search is over for me. I finally found a Compact ABC power nozzle. I found it on Craigslist in Wichita. I don't live in Wichita but my parents do so I had my dad go and get it for me. It took about a week and a half to obtain it after emailing the seller. I thought for sure someone...

I just thought I'd post some of my more recent estate sale finds. First up is a Hoover 65 Convertible with the one piece handle and original bag. I found it in Wichita at an estate sale when I was visiting for Thanksgiving. My father mentioned that a sale there had two Hoovers, a 65 and a 34...

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This weekend I was out going to estate sales/thrifting or just plain vac hunting. Kenny Loveland was up for the weekend and we just happened to drive by this Kirby dealer that sometimes sells trade ins. I saw a sign in the parking lot that said "Vacuums, Starting at $20.00". So we decided to...

Last week, while I was out going to estate sales, I stopped in at this junk store. I just discovered the place the prior week. The place has lots of electronic stuff, computers and some other general miscellaneous stuff. The first time I went I saw a Dyson canister hooked up right around where...

This past weekend I went to a bunch of estate sales in KC and didn't find much except for a couple of Hoover Constellations. The odd thing is they were at the same house. They were priced at 4.00 each but it was half price day so I thought I'd be paying 4.00 for both of them. When I went to pay...

Hi, I am restoring a Kirby 560 and I took the belt lifter apart so I could buff the metal part on my buffing machine. Well, now I can't figure out how to get the clip back in to hold the plastic piece in the lifter. I have done this in the past years ago and I can't remember if I ever...